Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1887-03-11
WEEKLY GRAPHIC
NIRKSynLE. NO.
AIhhSNillLE. MO.
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10 Aea VIC hoNSsuCoiu 1lo dO'
verse criticisms on the schoo1
house proposition.
a bill appropriating $780,.
600 for the improvement of the
State Capitol passed the legisla.
ture Tuesday. This will make the
capitol a permanent appendage tc
Jefferson City.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
the greatest pulpit orator of the
age, was stricken with apoplexy
Saturday morning and died at9:3t
a. m. Wednesday.
The fast mail services takes
effect Sunday evening, March 13
The time saved between New
York City and San Francisco vii
be twenty-four hours.
The Globe-Democrat says
that the first fast mail train ont Of
St Louis viii carry nothing but
Globe Democrats, with few let.
ters: and other packages thrown II
for ballast.
In a statement made by Kan
sas City paper Of late date, we see
that the county clerk for jackson
county made his annual settle
ment with the county court, which
showed that the fees of the office
amounted to more than twenty
thousand dollars per annum. He
also shows that all the fees were
turned over except his legal salary
and the amount actually expended,
which speaks well for the manner
in which business is con
Quoted in that county.
At the school meeting at Ma
sonic Hall last Saturday night tc
consider propositions for provid-
ing better school facilities fol
Kirksville, the proposition tc
build two ward schools and a cen.
tral school was unanimously adopt.
ed. The proposition calls for s21,.
600 to be expended in the erection
of new school buildings, and is tc
be apportioned as follows: for the
central school building $4,000
north and south wards $3.50
each; colored school building
$1,000. The proposition will b.
presented for the consideration
of the voters the first Tuesday il
April.
At the February term O
court the County Judges ordered
Prosecuting Attorney, J. ". John
ston, to investigate the matter o
surplus feesretained by the County
and Circuit Clerks. Mr.. Johnston
made the investigation and at the
present term the Clerks were or
dered to turn over the surplus. We
learn that the Circuit Clerk came
up yesterday and made manly
settlement with the County Court
The amount in the hands Of the
County Clerk is much larger than
the amount which was held by the
Circuit Clerk, and at the time of
going to press, we have not learn
ed what the County Clerk has de-
cided to do.
Since writing the above we
learn that the County Clerk has
turned over to theTreasurer S3339.
81 of which amount Sl5911O
were fees in dispute and had
been allowed the Coun ty Clerk by
former courts during the years
1883, 'S4, 'S5 & sc, but which the
present court ordered paid back,
There is yet an item of S17O.40 in
dispute, that is to be decided by
Circuit Court on agreed case.
We learn also that fees to the
amount of S516,17 heretofore al
lowed by former courts during
the years 1883, 'S4, and 'S5 to
Circuit Clerk were ordered paid
back, which was done. S21l0,27
which was in dispute were thus
recovered and saved to the'county. a
good days work for the County
Court and Prosecuting Attorney.
The delegations from Union
vile and Kirksville did not go to
Hannibal Tuesday as Supt. Case